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Drops  of  water  fill  the  ocean ;  particles  of  sand  make  up 
the  mountain. 

So  the  great  contest — largest,  fiercest,  bloodiest,  of  the  cen- 
tury— by  which  the  Union  of  the  United  States  was  saved  from 
division,  and  libertv  and  free  institutions  were  newlv  assured 
to  this  land  and  the  world,  was  carried  on  and  made  successful 
by  the  iiidividual  patriotism  of  American  citizens  of  the  North. 
One  by  one  the  lovers  of  fheir  country  joined  the  Union  army 
till  their  number  was  two  million,  and  their  strength,  employed 
as  it  was  in  the  interest  of  justice,  righteousness  and  liberty, 
irresistible. 

Our  own  town,  containing  a  population  of  about  one  thou- 
sand, contributed  its  proprortion  of  voluntary  ofi"erings  on  the 
national  altar.  Though  far  removed  from  the  scenes  of  con- 
flict, and  employed  in  the  most  quiet  of  vocations — the  indus- 
trious cultivation  of  a  fertile  soil — yet  she  felt  the  vigorous 
pulsations  of  the  large,  patriotic  heart  of  the  country.  The 
bugle  call  of  war,  sounded,  as  she  imagined,  by  the  Goddess 
of  Liberty,  stirred  the  blood  of  her  people,  especially  her  young 
men,  and  they  gathered  around  the  national  standards  and  re- 
paained  with  them  till  they  were  carried  in  triumph  over  all  the 

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land.  Our  contribution  of  men  and  means,  necessarily  small, 
was  by  no  means  insignificant,  and  the  record  thereof  we  will 
preserve,  and  herewith  transmit  to  our  children. 

The  record  of  each  soldier  is  necessarily  brief:  a  few  dates, 
and  all  is  told.  But  let  it  be  remembered  that  these  dates 
cover  a  long  experience  of  privation,  suffering  and  danger. 
That  days  and  weeks  and  months  were  consumed  in  exposure  to 
heat  or  cold,  or  storm  ;  in  hunger,  or  thirst,  or  hard  fare  ;  in 
dull  and  heavy  life  in  camp,  in  laborious  and  painful  marches, 
in  lonesome,  weary  watchings  at  guard  stations  and  picket 
posts ;  in  perils  of  ball  and  shell,  in  the  deadly  field  of  strife 
and  carnage  ;  in  sufibrings  from  wounds  and  sickness  that  we 
sadly  remember  too  often  proved  fatal. 

These  cannot  be  revealed,  but  they  must  not  be  forgotten,  if 
we  would  understand  at  all  the  history  of  our  soldier  friends 
during  their  stay  in  the  army. 

"Do  vre  count  the  sick  man's  weary  bed, 

His  days  and  nights  of  pain — 
The  ghastly  spectres  that  round  liim  flit, 

While  the  fever  burns  hi.^brain  ? 

Have  we  watelied  his  feeble,  wasted  form, 

When  the  frenzied  spell  had  passed — 
When  his  life  as  in  a  balance  hung, 

And  each  hour  might  be  his  last  ? 
Who  knows  of  the  weary,  Aveary  march 

Through  the  dust  and  burning  lieat, 
When  a  step  is  an  age  of  agony, 

To  blistered  and  bleeding  feet  ? 

Who  thinks  of  the  wintry  bivouac, 

'Twixt  the  frozen  earth  and  sky— 
The  sentry's  walk,  'mid  rain  and  blast, 

AVhile  the  long,  long  hours  go  by — 
Of  the  night-long  Avatch  on  the  picket  line, 

Where  a  fire  must  never  burn, 
Where  you  hear  the  tread  of  the  deadly  foe, 

And  death  is  at  every  turn  V " 


MEMORIAL  RECORD. 


LUTHER   ALNS WORTH, 

Enlisted  August  14th,  1861,  in  Company  H,  Sixth  Regi- 
ment, and  was  mustered  in  as  Second  Lieutenant,  October  15th, 
1861 ;  was  promoted  First  Lieutenant,  February  18th,  1862  ; 
was  promoted  Captain,  September  20th,  1862  ;  was  killed 
May  4th,  1863,  near  Fredericksburgh,  Ya.,  while  leading  his 
men  in  a  charge  upon  the  enemy.  He  was  shot  through  the 
abdomen,  dying  a  few  hours  after  he  was  wounded.  His  home- 
less, orphaned  children  draw  a  pension  of  S20  per- month. 

EDWARD  L.  ALLEN, 

Enlisted  February  9th,  1865,  in  Company  K,  Fifth  Regi- 
ment ;  was  mustered  in  the  same  day  ;  was  mustered  out  June 
29th,  1865. 

k  ALEXANDER  BAIRD, 

Enlisted  June  20th,  1862,  in  Company  I,  Ninth  Regiment ; 
was  mustered  in  July  9th,  1862  ;  was  promoted  Corporal 
March  16.th,  1865  ;  was  mustered  out  June  13th,  1865. 

ALBERT   D.  BARNARD, 

Enlisted  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regiment,  August  25th, 
1862,  and  was  mustered  in  October  10th,  1862.  He  was  dis- 
charged with  his  company  at  Brattleboro,  July  21st,  1863,  in 
a  state  of  exhaustion  from  which  he  -did  not  rally.  Fever  set 
in,  and  he  died  August  12th,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years 
and  seven  months. 

MITCHELL  BASCONNER, 

Enlisted  August  14th,  1861,  in  Company  H,  Sixth  Regiment; 
was  mustered  in  October  15th,  1861,  and  killed  at  Lee's  Mills, 
April  16th,  1862. 


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CHARLES  M.  BENEDICT, 

Enlisted  May  7th,  18G1,  in  Company  F,  Second  llegiment ; 
was  mustered  in  June  20th,  1861  ;  deserted  August  30th, 
1862. 

LEONARD  C.  BERRY, 

Enlisted  in  Company  H,  of  the  Second  Regiment  U.  S. 
Sharpshooters,  December  14th,  1863  ;  was  mustered  in  De- 
cember 18th,  1863  ;  was  in  hospital  at  Washington  three 
months  with'a  wound;  was  transferred  to  Company  H,  Fourth 
Regiment,  February  25th,  1865  ;  was  mustered  out  July  13th, 
1865.     He  was  wounded  June  16th,  1864,  in  the  arm. 

THOMAS   BURKE, 

Enlisted  August  6th,  1864,  in  Company  B,  Eleventh  Regi- 
ment, was  mustered  in  the  same  day  ;  was  mustered  out  Au- 
gust 25th,  1865.  ~  ♦ 

EDWARD   A.    BURNS, 

Enlisted  in  Company  K,  Seventh  Regiment,  February  10th, 
1865  ;  was  mustered  in  the  sam.e  day,  and  discharged  during 
the  following  summer. 

,  FORDIS  0.  BUSHNELL, 

Enlisted  August  25,  1862,  and  was  mustered  in  as  a  mem- 
ber of  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regiment,  October  10th  of  the 
same  year.  He  served  as  Corporal.  He  was  discharged  July 
21st,  1863,  with  the  rest  of  the  company. 

HENRY    N.  BUSHNELL, 

Enlisted  August  14th,  1861,  as  a  member  of  Company  H, 
Sixth  Regiment,  and  w^as  mustered  in  as  Sergeant,  October  15th, 
1861.  He  received  a  commission  as  Second  Lieutenant,  May 
4th,  1863  ;  as  First  Lieutenant,  May  15th,  1864  ;  as  Captain, 


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October  29th,  1864.  He  was  on  detached  service  in  Division 
Sharpshooters  for  four  months.  For  five  months  he  served  as 
First  Lieutenant  in  Company  C,  Sixth  Regiment.  With  oth- 
ers of  his  company  from  this  town,  he  was  in  all  the  battles  in 
which  the  Regiment  was  engaged — about  twenty-five  engage- 
ments in  all — covering  fifty  days'  fighting.  In  his  four  years' 
service  he  was  sick  less  than  a  week,  and  never  wounded,  save 
very  slightly.     He  was  mustered  out  June  26th,  1865. 

BERTRAM   D.  CAMPBELL, 

Enlisted  in  Company  H,  in  Third  Regiment,  June  3d,  1861, 
and  was  mustered  out  the  following  August.  Enlisted  again 
in  Company  H,  6th  Regiment,  but  was  thrown  out  by  the  sur- 
geon ;  reenlisted  in  Company  G,  and  was  mustered  in  October 
15th,  1866.  Taken  sick  toward  the  close  of  the  summer  cam- 
paign and  sent  to  hospital  at  Philadelphia  ;  he  was  discharged 
Honorably  October  22,  1862,  receiving  a  pension  of  $6  per 
month.  August  9th,  1864,  he  again  enlisted  for  the  town  of 
of  Barton,  in  Company  C,  of  the  First  Vermont  Cavalry, 
and  was  mustered  in  August  11th.  In  the  battle  at  Winches- 
ter, September  19th  following,  he  was  shot  through  the  abdo- 
men and  died  in  a  few  moments.  He  was  buried  near  a  white 
church,  one  and  one-half  mile  east  of  Winchester. 

OLIVER  C.  CAMPBELL, 

Brother  of  the  foregoing,  enlisted  in  Co.  I,  Ninth  Regiment, 
June  9th,  1862  ;  was  promoted  Second  Lieutenant  July  9th, 

1862,  at  the  time  of  mustering  into  the  service.  He  was  taken 
prisoner  with  his  Regiment  at  the  affair  of  Harper's  Ferry,  Sep- 
tember 14th,  and  being  paroled,  was  sent  to  Chicago.  Decem- 
ber 1st  he  resigned  his  commission.     He   reenlisted  July  9th, 

1863,  in  the  Veteran  Reserve  Corps ;  was  promoted  First  Ser- 
geant at  the  organization  of  the  company,  and  served  at  Rut- 


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land,  Vt.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  and  Boston,  Mass.,  till  November 
15th,  1865,  when  he  was  discharged. 

HENRY  F.  DANA, 
Enlisted  June  1st,  1861,  in  Company  H,  Third  Regiment ; 
was  mustered  in  July  16th,  1861 ;    was  mustered  out  July 
2l8t,  1864.     He  was  sick  for  six  months  at  the  time. 

FOSTER  S.  DANA, 

Brother  of  the  above,  enlisted  July  2d,  1861,  in  Company 
H,  Third  Regiment ;  was  mustered  in  July  16th,  1861 ;  was 
mustered  out  July  27th,  1864.  He  was  on  duty  every  day  of 
his  three  years'  service,  though  twice  wounded,  once  at  Lee's 
Mills,  and  again  at  Spottsylvania,  Va. 

WESLEY  E.  DANA, 

Enlisted  in  Company  F,  Seventeenth  Regiment,  Jan.  2d, 
1864 ;  was  mustered  in  April  12th,  1864  ;  was  discharged 
July  17th,  1865.  He  was  a  brother  of  the  two  preceding. 
He  was  wounded  at  Spottsylvania  by  a  ball  passing  through 
the  neck. 

Three  other  brothers  of  the  above,  C.  S.,  Edwin  H.,  and  S. 
J.  Dana,  enlisted  and  served  in  the  army.  All  six  returned 
safely,  after  being  honorably  discharged.  The  six  performed 
12  years  of  service. 

JOSEPH  P.  DA\^S, 

Enlisted  in  the  Second  Battery,  Dec.  15th,  1863,  and  was 
mustered  in  Jan.  8th,  1864.  He  was  discharged  June  21st, 
1864,  while  stationed  at  Port  Hudson,  on  account  of  disability. 

ALBEE  H.  DEWEY, 
Enlisted  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regiment,  Aug.  25th, 
1862;  was  mustered  in  as  Sergeant,  Oct.  10th,  1862.     He 


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reenlisted  in  the  Signal  Corps  on  the  2Sth  of  October.  1S63. 
Jan.  1st,  l'^64,  he  was  sent  to  Xewbern,  X.  C.  and  soon  after 
placed  in  command  of  a  signal  station  at  Fort  Gaston.  On 
the  26th  of  September  he  was  attacked  bv  yellow  fever,  and 
died  on  the  28th,  aged  32  years  and  five  months.  He  was 
buried  in  the  Soldiers'  Cemetery  at  Xewbern. 

HIRAM  F.  DIKE. 

Enlisted  Aug.  1-ith,  1S61,  in  Company  H,  Seventh  Regi- 
ment :  was  mustered  in  Oct.  15th.  1^61  :  was  promoted  Cor- 
poral, 3Iarch  12th.  1^62  ;  was  missed  in  action  at  Banks' 
Ford.  May  -4th.  l>6o.  and  is  supposed  to  be  dead. 

JULLAJS'  DUMAS.  Jr., 

Enlisted  in  Company  B.  Thirteenth  Begiment,  Aug.  25th. 
1862,  and  was  mustered  in  Oct.  10th.  1862,  and.  servincr  his 
term  of  enlistment,  was  mustered  out  July  21st5  1863. 

ALBA  B.  DIRKEE. 

Enlisted  in  Company  I.  Ninth  Begiment.  Dec.  21st,  1863  r 
was  mustered  in  Jan.  6th.  1^64.  and  died  Sept.  25th,  1864. 

ISAAC  H.  ELLIOT.  ' 

Enlisted  in  Company  I.  Ninth  Begiment,  June  26th.  1862  ; 
was  mustered  in  July  9th,  1862.  He  was  taken  prisoner  at 
Winchester,  Sept.  od,  of  the  same  year,  and  held  by  the  enemy 
20  days  ;  was  discharged  Sept.  25th.  1862.  by  reason  of  ill 

health. 

EDWARD  A.   FI8K. 

Enlisted  Aug.  21st.  1862.  in  Company  B.  Tliirteenth  Begi- 
ment, and  was  mustered  in  Oct.  10th,  1862.     He  was  mustered 

out  July  21st,  1863. 

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DANIEL  FOSTER, 

Enlisted  July  14th,  1862,  in  Company  B,  Tenth  Regiment, 
and  was  mustered  in  as  Sergeant,  Sept.  1st,  1862.  lie  was 
promoted  Second  Lieutenant,  June  6th,  1864  ;  vras  promoted 
First  Lieutenant,  Dec.  19th,  1864;  was  promoted  Captain, 
March  25th,  1865,  and  was  mustered  out  June .29th,  1865. 

HEMAN  R.  FRENCH, 

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Enlisted  June  23d,  1862,  in  Company  I,  Ninth  Regiment ; 
was  mustered  in  July  9th,  1862  ;  was  taken  prisoner  with  his 
regiment  at  the  battle  of  Harper's  Ferry,  Sept.  14th,  1862  ; 
was  promoted  Hospital  Steward,  Feb.  4th,  1865  ;  was  mus- 
tered out  June  13th,  1865. 

EPHRAIM  II.  FULLER, 

Enlisted  in  Company  H,  Sixth  Regiment,  Aug.  14th,  1861 ; 
was  mustered  in  Oct.  15th,  1861,  as  Corporal ;  was  discharged 
Oct.  28th,  1864.  He  was  wounded  at  Lee's  Mills,  Ya.,  April 
16th,  1862,  in  both  thighs.  He  draws  a  pension  of  $4  per 
month, 

DAVID  GLEASON, 

Enlisted  Aug.  25th,  1862,  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regi- 
ment, and  was  mustered  in  Oct.  10th,  1862.  He  was  in  the 
hospital  the  larger  part  of  the  nine  mouths  for  which  he 
enlisted,  and  was  mustered  out  July  21st,  1863. 

DAN  GRANDY, 

Enlisted  Aug.  25th,  1862,  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regi- 
ment, and  was  mustered  in  Oct.  10th,  of  the  same  year,  and 
was  discharged  July  25th,  1863.  He  was  confined  in  the  hos- 
pital at  Washington  for  several  months. 


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WILLIAM  H.  H.  GREENSLIT, 

Enlisted  June  20th,  1862,  in  Company  I,  Ninth  Regiment ; 
was  mustered  in  July  9th,  1862,  and  committed  suicide  Aug. 
21st,  1862,  at  Winchester,  Ya.  - 

GEORGE  B.  HALL, 

Enlisted  in  Company  I,  Ninth  Regiment,  June  25th,  1862  ; 
was  mustered  in  July  9th,  1862  ;  was  discharged  June  15th, 
1863,   on   account  of  ill  health.      He   reenlisted   Sept.   26th, 

1863,  in  the  Third  Battery,  and  was  mustered  in  Jan.  1st, 

1864.  He  was  promoted  Corporal,  Jan.  2Xst,  1864  ;  was  mus- 
tered out  of  service  June  15th,  1865. 

JAMES  HARRIS! AN, 

Enlisted  in  Company  G,  Sixth  Regiment,  Sept.  2d,  1861 ; 
was  mustered  in  Oct.  15th,  1861;  was  promoted  Sergeant; 
was  mustered  out  Oct.  28th,  1864. 

EDGAR  A.  HASTINGS, 

Enlisted  Aug.  25th,  1862,  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regi- 
ment, and  was  mustered  in  Oct.  10th,  1862.  He  was  mustered 
out  July  21st,  1863. 

JOHN  HINES, 

Enlisted  Aug.  25th,  1862,  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regi- 
ment;  was  mustered  in  Oct.  18th,  1862;  was  mustered  out 
July  2d,  1863. 

PHILIP  HOFF^IAN, 

Enlisted  in  Company  I,  Ninth  Regiment,  June  20th,  1862, 
was  mustered  in  July  9th,  1862.  He  was  promoted  Corporal, 
and  then  Sergeant,  and  was  mustered  out  June  13th,  1865. 


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MANLEY  N.  IIOYT, 
Enlisted  in  Company  G,  Sixth  llegiment,  Oct.  7th,  1861  ; 
was  mustered  in  Oct.  15th,  1861,  and  died  July  18th,  of  the 
following  year,  at  Philadelphia,  of  chronic  diarrhoea,  at  the 
age  of  31  years  and  four  months. 

GEORGE  M.  JONES, 
Enlisted  in  the  Second  Regiment  U.  S.  S.  S.,  Company  H, 
Nov.  28th,  1863  ;  was  mustered  in  Dec.  18th,  1863 ;  was 
killed  at  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  May  6th,  1864,  while 
assisting  a  wounded  ^comrade  from  the  field.  He,  like  the  oth- 
ers from  this  town  killed  in  that  battle,  was  struck  in  the  head 
and  killed  instantly. 

HOLLAND  JONES, 

Enlisted  in  the  Second  Regiment  U.  S,  S.  S.,  Company  H, 
Nov.  28th,  1863 ;  was  mustered  in  Dec.  18,  1863 ;  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Veteran  Reserve  Corps,  Aug.  21st,  1864 ;  was 
discharged  by  reason  of  sickness,  Sept.  14th,  1864. 

JOHN  F.  JONES, 

Enlisted  Sept.  10th,  1861,  in  Company  G,  Sixth  Regi- 
ment ;  was  mustered  in  as  Sergeant,  Oct.  15th,  1861 ;  was 
discharged  April  17,  1863,  on  account  of  sickness.  He  after- 
wards reenlisted  in  the  state  of  Massachusetts,  and  after  a  few 
months'  service,  sickened,  and  died  Nov.  28th, 1864. 

EUGENE  E.  JOSLIN, 

Enlisted  in  the  Second  Regiment  of  U.  S.  S.  S.,  Compan}' 
H,  Nov.  28th,  1863  ;  was  mustered  in  Dec.  18th,  1863  ;  was- 
promoted  Corporal,  Nov.  1st,  1864,  and  afterwards  Sergeant ; 
was  transferred  to  Company  H,  Fourth  Regiment,  Feb.  25th, 
1865,  and  was  discharged  July  13th,  1865.  He  was  wounded 
in  the  shoulder  at  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  May  6th,  1864. 


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GEORGE  S.  KNEELAND, 

Enlisted  Aug.  14th,  1861,  and  was  mustered  in  the  follow- 
ing October.  He  was  a  member  of  Company  H,  Sixth  Regi- 
ment. For  several  months  he  was  detailed  as  cook.  Before 
the  expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment,  he  enlisted  again  for 
three  years'  service,  and  was  mustered  in  Dec.  16th,  1863. 
He  was  in  the  hospital  from  the  summer  of  1862  to  that  of 
1863  ;  during  the  remaining  time  served  with  his  regiment ; 
was  promoted  Corporal,  and  afterwards  Sergeant,  and  was  mus- 
tered out  June  26th,  1865. 

SEYMOUR  L.  KNEELAND, 

Enlisj:ed  Nov.  28th,  1863,  in  the  First  Cavalry  Regiment, 
Company  C  ;  was  mustered  in  Dec.  25th,  1863  ;  was  trans- 
ferred to  Company  A,  June  21st,  1865,  was  mustered  out  Aug. 
9th,  1865.  He  was  taken  prisoner  on  the  19th  of  December, 
1864,  while  on  picket  duty  near  Woodstock,  Va.,  by  scouts  of 
the  12th  Yti.  Cavalry.  After  being  kept  at  Staunton,  Va., 
twelve  days,  he  was  taken  to  Richmond  and  confined  in  Libby 
Prison.  His  food  was  the  usual  scant  allowance  of  corn  bread, 
poor  bacon- — ^just  enough  to  hold  flesh  and  spirit  together.  He 
was  paroled  March  9th,  1865,  and  exchanged  about  a  month 
after. 

HIRAM  A.  LUCE, 

Enlisted  in  Company  B,  Tenth  Regiment,  July  23d,  1862  ; 
was  mustered  in  Sept.  1st,  1862  ;  was  discharged  April  16th, 
1863. 

JAMES  L.  MAYNARD, 

Enlisted  in  Company  H,  Second  Regiment,  U.  S.  S.  S.,  Nov. 
28th,  1863;  was  mustered  in  Dec.  18th,  1863;  was  killed 
May  6th,  1864,  at  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  shot  through 


14  MEMORIAL  RECORD. 


the  head.     Like  the  others  from  this  town  killed  in  that  battle, 
his  body  was  not  recovered. 

ziBA  H.  McAllister, 

Enlisted  Aug.  25th,  1862,  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Eegi- 
ment ;  was  mustered  in  Oct.  10th,  1 862  ;  was  mustered  out 
July  21st,  1863 ;  recnlisted  in  Company  C,  First  Vermont 
Cavalry,  Nov.  30th,  1863  ;  was  mustered  in  Dec.  25th,  1863  ; 
was  mustered  out  Aug.  9th,  1865 — having  been  transferred  to 
Company  A,  on  the  21st  of  June  preceding  ;  was  wounded  Oct. 
7th,  1864,  in  the  side  and  back,  while  on  duty  in  the  Shenan 
doah  Valley,  Va. 

EUGENE  Mccarty, 

Enlisted  Feb.  6th,  1865  ;  was  mustered  in  three  days  after, 
as  a  member  of  Company  C,  Seventh  Regiment,  and  was  dis- 
charged on  the  12th  day  of  May. 

VICTOR  B.  MIX, 

Enlisted  Dec.  22d,  1863,  in  Company  A,  Eighth  Regiment  ; 
•was  mustered   in  Dec.  15th,  1863;  was  mustered  out  June 
28th,  1865. 

IRENAS  P.  NEWCOMB, 

Enlisted  in  Company  H,  Sixth  Regiment,  Aug.  14th, 
1861  ;  was  mustered  in  Oct.  15th,  1861.  He  died  at  Hamp- 
ton, Va.,  of  typhoid  pneumonia,  April  0th,  1862,  at  the  age  of 
18  years  and  eight  months,  and  was  buried  at  that  place. 

ALSON  D.  PAGE, 

Enlisted  Aug.  25th,  1862,  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regi- 
ment ;  was  mustered  in  Oct.  10th,  1862  ;  was  mustered  out 
July  21st,  1863. 


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EDWIN  F.  PALMER, 

Enlisted  Aug.  25tli,  1862,  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regi- 
ment, and  was  mustered  in  as  Sergeant,  Oct.  10th,  1862.  He 
was  promoted  Second  Lieutenant,  Nov.  4th,  1862,  and  muster- 
ed out  July  21st,  1863.  Lieutenant  Palmer  kept  a  record  of 
his  army  life,  and  has  since  published  it  in  a  neat  book  form, 
entitled  "  Camp  Life,"  containing  224  pp.  The  book  is  a  his- 
tory of  his  company,  in  which  there  were  23  men  from  this 
town — also  of  the  Thirteenth  Regiment  and  Second  Brigade. 
It  is  a  graphic  portrayal  of  the  discomforts,  weariness,  dan- 
ger, with  the  occasional  relief  of  comfort,  rest,  pleasure,  inci- 
dent to  soldiers'  life. 

DEXTER  PARKER, 

Enlisted  Aug.  25th,  1862,  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regi- 
ment, and  was  mustered  in  Oct.  10th,  1862.  In  the  battle  of 
Gettysburg,  July  3d,  he  was  severely  wounded  in  the  hand. 
He  was  mustered  out  July  21st,  1863.  He  draws  a  pension 
of  $4  per  month. 

JEROME  W.  PARKER, 
Enlisted  into  the  First  Cavalry  Regiment,  Company  C,  Dec. 
30th,  1863  ;  was  mustered  in  Dec.  25th,  1863  ;  was  transfer- 
red to  Company  A,  June  21st,  1865 ;  was  mustered  out  on 
the  9th  of  August  following.  He  was  disabled  much  of  the 
time  by  sickness. 

LEVI  C.  PEABODY, 

Enlisted  in  the  Seventh  Regiment,  Company  K,  Dec.  16th, 
1861 ;  was  mustered  in  as  Corporal,  Feb.  12th,  1862  ;  was 
discharged  Oct.  24th,  1862. 

THOMAS  T.  PRENTISS, 
Enlisted  in  the  Second  Regiment,  U.  S.  S.  S.,  Company  H, 
Nov.   28th,  1863;  was  mustered  in  Dec,  18th,   1863;    was 


16  MEMORIAL  RECORD. 


transferred  to  Company  H,  Fourth  Regiment,  Feb.  25th,  1865  ; 
was  discharged  on  account  of  affection  of  the  heart. 

JOHN  H.  QUIGLEY, 
Enlisted  in  Company  I,  Ninth  llegiment,  June  19th,  1862  ; 
was  mustered  in  as  Sergeant,  July  Dth,  1862  ;  was  mustered 
out  June  13th,  1865. 

LORIN  B.  REED, 

Enlisted  Aug.  25th,  1862,  as  a  member  of  Company  B, 
Thirteenth  Regiment,  and  was  mustered  in  Oct.  10th,  1862. 
He  was  detailed  for  service  as  musician  in  the  Brigade  Band. 
He  sickened  with  measles  and  fever,  and  died  in  hospital  at 
Wolf  Bun  Shoals,  May  30th,  1863,  aged  21  years,  11  months. 

OSCAR  C.  REED, 

Enlisted  Aug.  25th,  1862,  as  a  member  of  Company  B, 
Thirteenth  Regiment.  Taking  a  fever,  he  died  in  hospital  near 
Fairfax,  Ya.,  Dec.  26th,  1862,  at  the  age  of  24.  His  body 
and  that  of  his  cousin,  Lorin  B.  Reed,  were  brought  home  for 
burial. 

JOHN  W.  RICHARDSON, 

Enlisted  Aug.  25th,  1862,  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regi- 
ment ;  was  mustered  in  Oct.  10th,  1862,  and  mustered  out 
July  21st,  1863. 

EDWIN  R.  RICHARDSON, 

Enlisted  in  Company  H,  Sixth  Regiment,  Aug.  14th,  1861  ; 
was  mustered  in  Oct.  15th,  1861 ;  was  promoted  Corporal, 
Feb.  8th,  1862  ;  was  promoted  Sergeant,  July  10th,  1863,  and 
1st  Sergeant,  June  5th,  1864  ;  reenlisted  Dec.  15th,  1863, 
and  was  killed  at  Charlestown,  Ya.,  Aug.  21st,  1864.  He  was 
shot  through  the  head,  and  died  immediately.  His  body  was 
brought  home  for  burial. 


MEMORIAL  RECORD.  17 

LOREN  S.  RICHARDSON, 

Enlisted  Nov.  28,  1863  ;  was  mustered  in  as  a  recruit  in 
Company  H,  Second  Regiment  of  U.  S.  S.  S.,  Dec.  18th,  1863. 
He  was  transferred  to  Company  H,  Fourth  Regiment,  Feb. 
25th,  1865  ;  was  mustered  out  July  14th,  1865.  He  was 
wounded  severely  in  the  shoulder,  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  10th, 
1864. 

JOHN  N.  RICHARDSON, 

Brother  of  the  above,  enlisted  Nov.  28th,  1863  ;  was  mus- 
tered in  Dec.  18,  1863 ;  was  promoted  Corporal,  Nov.  1st, 
1864  ;  was  transferred  to  Company  H,  Fourth  Regiment,  Feb. 
23d,  1865,  and  was  mustered  out  July  14th,  1865. 

THOMAS  SANDERS, 
Enlisted  in  Company  I,  Ninth  Regiment,  June  19th,  1862 ; 
was  mustered  in  as  Corporal,  July  9th,  1862  ;  was  mustered 
out  June  13th,  1865. 

LUCIUS  D.  SAVAGE, 

Enlisted  in  Company  F,  Second  Regiment,  May  20th,  1861, 
and  was  mustered  in  June  20th,  following.  In  the  battle  of 
Savage  Station,  June  29th,  1862,  he  was  wounded  and  perma- 
nently disabled  in  the  right  knee,  and  taken  prisoner.  He  was 
released  July  25th,  1862,  and  discharged  Nov.  29th,  1862,  on 
account  of  the  wound  received  the  previous  June.  He  re- 
ceives a  half  pension,  amounting  to  $4  per  month. 

LEVI  SEAVER, 

Enlisted  Aug.  25th,  1862,  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regi- 
ment ;  was  mustered  in  Oct.  10th,  1862  ;  was  mustered  out 
July  21st,  1865.  He  afterwards  enlisted  in  Company  K, 
Ninety-Sixth  Regiment  of  New  York  Veteran  Volunteers, 
April  6th,  1865,  and  was  discharged  Feb.  15th,  1866. 


18  MEMORIAL  RECORD. 

ALBERT  IL  SELLICK, 

Enlisted  in  Company  F,  Second  Regiment,  May  20tli,  1861  ; 
was  discharged  March  21,  1863,  on  account  of  disability. 

Dr.  henry  C.  SHAW, 
AVent  out  from  this  town  as  Assistant  Surgeon  of  the  Second 
New  Hampshire  Regiment.  Serving  out  his  time,  which  was 
of  three  months,  he  returned,  and  again  went  into  the  army  ; 
served  as  Assistant  Surgeon  in  the  Fifth  Vermont  Regiment, 
and  died  of  fever  at  Alexandria,  A^'a.,  Sept.  7th,  1862,  at  the 
age  of  30  years.  His  remains  were  brought  home  for  inter- 
ment. 

LUCIUS  S.  SHAW,  Esq., 

Brother  of  the  above,  while  practicing  law  in  Lawrence, 
Kansas,  enlisted  in  the  Second  Kansas  Regiment ;  was  pro- 
moted Lieutenant,  and  was  killed  Sept.  3d,  1861,  at  the  age  ef 
31  years,  by  an  accident  on  the  Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph  Rail- 
road, caused  by  the  burning  of  a  bridge.  His  body  lies  beside 
that  of  his  brother. 

DANIEL  P.  SHEPARD, 

Enlisted  Aug.  14th,  1861,  in  Company  H,  Sixth  Regiment ; 
was  mustered  in  as  Corporal,  Oct.  15th,  1861.  He  afterwards 
served  as  Teamster.  He  reenlisted  Dec.  15th,  1863,  and  was 
mustered  out  June  26th,  1865.  He  was  wounded  in  the  leg 
at  Lee's  Mills,  A^a.,  April  16th,  1862. 

MASON  C.  SHEPARD, 

Brother  of  the  above,  enlisted  Aug.  14th,  1861,  a  member 
of  Company  H,  Sixth  Regiment,  and  was  mustered  in  October 
15th,  1861.  He  reenlisted  December  15th,  1863;  was  traus- 
ferrred  to  Company  G,  January  1st,  1865  ;  was  tranferred 
back  May  18th,  1865  ;  was  in  Hospital  several  months ;  was 


MEMORIAL  RECORD.  19 

mustered  out  June  2Gth,  1865.     He  was  wounded  in  the  breast 
and  face  at  Lee's  Mills,  April  16th,  1862. 

JAxMES   H.    SOMERVILLE, 

Enlisted  August  29th,  1864,  was  mustered  in  same  day  as  a 
member  of  Company  Ct,  8ixth  Regiment,  and  was  mustered  out 
June  19th,  1865. 

LEWIS  M.  SPAULDING, 

Enlisted  August  14th,  1861,  in  Company  H,  Sixth  Reg- 
iment; was  mustered  in  October  15th,  1861  ;  reenlisted  De- 
cember 15th,  1863,  and  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  the  Wilder- 
ness, May  5th,  1864.  A  ball  pierced  his  head  while  charging 
the  enemy  with  the  Vermont  troops,  and  he  died  instantly. 

SOLON  S.   SPAULDING, 

Brother  of  the  above,  enlisted  August  14th,  1861,  in  Com- 
pany H,  Sixth  Regiment ;  was  mustered  in  October  15th, 
1861  ;  was  promoted  Corporal  ;  reeenlisted  December  15th, 
1863,  and  was  discharged  June  12th,  1865,  with  health  impair- 
ed by  long  continued  sickness. 

JOHN  STERLING, 

Enlisted  in  Company  C,  First  Regiment  of  Cavalry,  Novem- 
ber 30th,  1863  ;  was  mustered  in  December  25th,  1863  ;  was 
transferred  to  Company  A,  June  21,  1865  ;  was  mustered  out 
August  9th,  1865.  He  was  disabled  by  reason  of  sickness  for 
four  months. 

DORIC  S.  STODDARD, 

Enlisted  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regiment ;  was  mus- 
tered in  a  Corporal  March  10th,  1862  ;  was  discharged  July 
21st,  1863. 


20  MEMORIAL  RECORD. 

SIMEON  STODDARD, 

Brother  of  the  above,  enlisted  in  Company  H,  Sixth  Regi- 
ment, August   14th,   18G1  ;  was  mustered    in   October    15th, 

1861  ;  was  discharged  October  28th,  1864. 

HARLAN  P.  STODDARD, 

Enlisted  into  Company  F,  Second  Regiment,  May  1st,  1861, 
and  was  mustered  in  June  20th,  following.  In  the  battle  at 
Savage's  Station,  he  was  wounded  by  the  passage  of  a  ball 
through  the  pelvis,  and  taken  prisoner.  He  was  discharged 
July  30th,  1863.  His  wound  was  so  severe  that  he  will  prob- 
ably never  recover  from  it.  He  receives  a  full  pension, 
amounting  to  $15  per  month.  Three  of  his  brothers  followed 
him  into  the  U.  S.  service. 

HORACE  B.  STODDARD, 

Enlisted  in  Company  F,  Second  Regiment,  September,  1861, 
and  was  mustered  in,  October  18th,  1861.  A  few  months  be- 
fore the  expiration  of  his  time  of  service,  while  at  his  post  in 
the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  he  was  struck  by  a  ball  in  the 
head,  and  it  is  supposed  died  instantly.  His  body,  and  that  of 
his  brother,  L.  Thompson  Stoddard,  were  not  recovered. 

WILLIAM  H.  STODDARD, 

Enlisted  as  a  recruit  in  Company  H,  Sixth  Regiment,  No- 
vember 28th,  1863,  and  was  mustered  in  December  18th,  of 
the  same  year.  He  was  discharged  with  his  Regiment  June 
26th,  1865. 

L.  THOMPSON  STODDARD, 
Enlisted  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regiment,  August  25th, 

1862  ;  was  mustered  in  October  10th,  1862  ;  was  mustered  out 
July  21,  1863.  He  reenlisted  in  Company  C,  Seventeenth  Regi- 
ment, January  5th,  1863,    and  was  mustered  in   the    2d   of 


MEMORIAL  RECORD.  21 


March  following,  as  a  Corporal.  He  carried  the  State  colors 
till  cut  and  torn  in  pieces  by  shot  and  shell.  At  the  time  of 
the  explosion  of  the  mine  at  Petersburg,  he  was  wounded  in 
the  shoulder  while  trying  to  get  back  to  the  Union  lines,  and 
was  taken  prisoner.  He  was  spared  the  horrors  of  long  con- 
finement in  Southern  prisons;  he  died  eight  days  after  the 
explosion,  Aug.  7th,  1864,  while  in  the  hands  of  the  enemy. 

LYMAN  STODDARD, 

Enlisted  Sept.  20th,  1861  ;  was  mustered  in  Oct.  15th, 
1861,  as  a  member  of  Company  G,  Sixth  Regiment.  He 
reenlisted  Dec.  15th,  1863,  and  was  mustered  out  June  26th, 
1865. 

Two  brothers  also  served  in  the  army  for  other  towns — 
Daniel  and  Franklin  Stoddard. 

CYRON  G.  THAYER, 

Enlisted  Aug.  25th,  1862,  as  a  member  of  Company  B, 
Thirteenth  Regiment ;  was  mustered  in  Oct.  10th,  1862.  He 
died  May  20th,  1868,  of  measles,  at  the  age  of  21. 

JAMES  M.  THAYER, 
Brother  of  the  above  named,  enlisted,  and  was  mustered  into 
the  same  Company,  at  the  same  time.     On  account  of  sickness 
he  was  discharged  Jan.  22d,  1863.     He  has  since  died. 

JULIUS  E.  TUCKER, 
Enlisted  Oct.  9th,  1861,  in  Company  G,  Sixth  Regiment ; 
was  mustered  in  Oct.  loth,  1861  ;  reenlisted  Dec.  loth,  1863, 
and  was  mustered  out  May  23,  1865. 

HARVEY  M.  WAIT, 

Enlisted  Aug.  25th,  1862,  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  llegi- 
ment ;  was  mustered  in  Oct.  10th.  1863;  was  mustered  out 
July  21st,  1863. 


22  MEMORIAL  RECORD. 

ALMON  WALKER, 

Enlisted  in  Company  II,  Sixth  Kegiment,  Aug.  11th,  18G2 ; 
was  mustered  in  Sept.  22d,  1862  ;  was  transferred  to  the 
Invalid  Corps,  and  mustered  out  July  lOtli,  1865. 

GEORGE  P.  WELCH,. 

Enlisted  Aug.  3d,  186-1,  in  Company  B,  Eleventh  Regi- 
ment ;  was  mustered  in  the  same  day  ;  was  mustered  out  Aug. 
25th,  1865. 

EDMUND  WHITCOMB, 

Enlisted  Aug.  25th,  1862,  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regi- 
ment ;  was  mustered  in  Oct.  10th,  1862  ;  was  mustered  out 
July  21,  1863. 

ORCUS  C.  WILDER, 
Enlisted  Aug.  25th,  1862,  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regi- 
ment;  was  mustered  in  as  Captain,  Oct.  10th,  1862;  was 
mustered  out  July  21st,  1863.  Capt.  Wilder  and  the  twenty 
or  more  men  in  his  company  from  Waitsfield,  were  hotly  en- 
gaged in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  though  none  were  killed. 
This  was  all  the  fighting  they  saw  during  their  nine  months' 
service. 

IRA  C.  WILLIAMS, 

Enlisted  Oct.  3d,  1863  ;  was  mustered  in  Jan.  1st,  1864,  as 
a  member  of  the  Third  Battery.  He  was  in  the  General  Hos- 
pital Aug,  31st,  1864  ;  was  mustered  out  June  15th,  1865. 

One  man,  name  unknown,  furnished  as  a  substitute  by  C.  F. 
Clough,  Esq.,  he  paying  to  him  $300,  and  the  town  $700,  as 
bounty.  He  served  in  the  Navy.  He  was  the  last  man  en- 
listed for  the  town,  and  was  not  needed  to  fill  the  quota,  it 
afterwards  appeared,  . 


MEMORIAL  RECORD.  23 


It  has  seemed  desirable  to  add  a  record  of  those  youno'  men 
who  grew  up  among  us,  and  are  known  to  all,  even  though  they 
enlisted  for  other  towns. 

MATTHIAS  J.  BUSHXELL, 

Aged  26,  enlisted  in  the  First  Wisconsin  Cavalry,  Company 
B,  August  24th,  1861,  and  was  mustered  in  as  corporal  soon 
after.  He  was  killed  in  a  small  engagement  with  the  rebels, 
near  Madison,  Ark.,  Aug.  3d,  1862,  while  guarding  a  wagon 
train.     All  who  were  with  him  were  killed  or  taken  prisoners. 

HILAND  G.  CAMPBELL, 

Aged  26,  brother  of  the  two  named  previously,  enlisted  for 
the  town  of  Warren,  as  a  recruit  for  the  Third  Vermont  Bat- 
tery, September  2d,  1864,  and  was  mustered  in  two  days  after- 
wards at  Rutland.  In  October  following,  he  was  kicked  by  a 
horse,  and  severely  injured  in  the  right  thigh,  and  remained 
in  hospital  till  he  was  discharged  June  16th,  1865.  He  re- 
ceives a  pension  of  S8  per  month.  Bounty,  |733  34,  Gov- 
ernment and  town. 

ISRAEL  CHILDS, 

A  formcir  resident  of  the  town  for  many  years,  enlisted  early 
in  the  war,  in  the  Thirtieth  Wisconsin  Regiment,  and  served 
three  years,  a  part  of  the  time  in  the  frontier  service. 

CHESTER  S.  DANA, 

Aged  33,  enlisted  July  18th,  1862,  in  Company  B,  Tenth 
Regiment,  for  Faj'ston,  and  was  mustered  in  the  1st  of  Sep- 
tember following,  and  was  discharged  at  Brattleboro,  Ma}' 
22d,  1865,  by  general  order  of  AVar  Department,  He  served 
as  First  Sergeant  most  of  the  time.  Bounty  $200,  from  Gov. 
ernment. 


24  MEMORIAL  RECORD. 

EDWIN  H.  DANA, 

Aged  32,  enlisted  Dec.  23d,  1863,  in  Company  B,  Tenth 
Regiment,  for  Waterbury,  and  was  mustered  in  Dec.  31st, 
1863.  He  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  June 
3d,  1864,  in  the  left  leg,  and  permanently  disabled.  He  was 
discharged  Jan.  27th,  1865.  He  draws  a  pension  of  $6  per 
month.     Bounty,  $300  Government,  and  $300  town. 

SAMUEL  J.  DANA, 
Brother  of  the  above  and  of  the  three  before  named,  enlisted 
at  the  age  of  29,  in  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Regiment,  for 
Fayston,  and  was  mustered  in  Oct.  10th,  1862.  He  was 
wounded  by  a  shell,  in  the  left  arm,  at  the  battle  of  Gettys- 
burgh,  July  3d,  1863,  and  was  discharged  the  21st  of  the  same 
month,  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service.  Bounty  from 
Government,  $25. 

WILLIAM  w.  McAllister, 

Aged  20,  enlisted  Aug.  8th,  1864,  in  the  Third  Vermont 
Light  Artillery,  and  was  mustered  in  the  day  following.  He 
was  on  detached  service  at  Rutland,  Vt.,  and  Fairhaven,  Ct., 
for  six  months,  and  the  remainder  of  the  time  was  at  the  front 
near  Petersburg,  Yn.  He  was  discharged  June  15th,  1865. 
Bounty,  $500. 

HARLEN  g.  newcomb, 

Aged  24,  enlisted  Aug.  19th,  1862,  in  Company  K,  One 
Hundred  and  Forty-Fifth  New  York  Volunteers,  and  was  mus- 
tered in  the  22d  of  the  next  month,  at  camp  on  Staten  Island. 
During  the  fall  of  the  next  year,  while  in  hospital,  was  detailed 
as  nurse.  In  March,  1864,  was  transferred  to  Company  I, 
One  Hundred  and  Seventh  New  York  Volunteers,  and  next 
month  joined  the  company  at  Shelbyville,  Tenn.     Detailed  at 


MEMORIAL  RECORD.  25 


Division  Head  Quarters,  September,  1864,  after  the  surrender 
of  Atlanta.  He  rejoined  his  company  again  May  23d,  18()5, 
and  was  discharged  June  19th  following.  Bounty,  S175,  from 
Government,  State  and  town. 

DANIEL  RUSS, 

Aged  29,  enlisted  June  23d,  1862,  in  Company  I,  Ninth 
Regiment  Vermont  Volunteers,  and  was  mustered  in  July  9th. 
He  was  taken  prisoner  and  paroled,  at  the  surrender  of  Harp- 
er's Ferry,  Sept.  15th,  1862.  He  was  detailed  as  Clerk  in 
Dispensary,  April  loth,  1863  ;  was  in  hospital  from  Septem- 
ber, 1863,  till  Jan.  12th,  1864,  when  he  rejoined  his  company. 
He  was  promoted  Sergeant,  March  26th,  1864,  and  First  Ser- 
geant in  March  of  the  next  year,  and  was  discharged  by  order 
of  the  President,  June  8,  1865,  at  Manchester,  Va.  Bounty, 
$100. 

JAMES  C.  RUSS, 

Brother  of  the  above,  enlisted  in  Company  A,  Forty-Second 
Wisconsin  Volunteers,  and  served  nearly  a  year,  receivintr  a 
discharge  June  28th,  1865. 

FRANK  E.  bTAULDING, 

Aged  26,  enlisted  in  Sheldon,  Vt.,  September,  1861,  as  a 
member  of  Company  K,  Sixth  Regiment  Vermont  Volunteers, 
and  was  mustered  in  Oct.  15th  of  the  same  year,  and  was  dis- 
charged June  30th  of  the  next  year,  by  reason  of  disability. 

GEORGE  E.  SPAULDING, 

Brother  of  the  above,  and  of  Solon  S.  and  Lewis  M.,  men- 
tioned before,  enlisted  at  the  age  of  18,  in  Company  G,  Tenth 
New  York  Volunteers,  for  Albany,  and  served  from  April  till 
August,  1865.     Bounty  §600,  from  town. 


26  MEMORIAL  RECORD. 

CHARLES  D.  TEWKSBURY, 

Aged  23,  enlisted  September  ITtli,  1801,  in  Company  B, 
Fifty-second  Illinois,  Volunteer  Inftnitry,  and  was  mustered  in 
at  Geneva,  111.,  October  25th,  1861,  as  Corporal ;  was  promot- 
ed Sergeant  May  IGth,  18G2  ;  reenlisted  as  veteran  December 
25th,  1803  ;  was  promoted  First  Sergeant  April  1864  ;  was 
mustered  out  after  the  close  of  the  war,  July  6th,  1865,  at 
Louisville,  Ky.,  receiving  a  Lieutenant's  commission.  He  re- 
ceived $502  bounty  from  the  Government,  and  $1  from 
Bureau  County,  111.  He  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Shiloh 
in  the  head.  He  was  in  hospital  only  long  enough  to  have 
his  wound  dressed  during  his  four  years'  service.  He  traveled 
with  his  Regiment  over  6000  miles,  1600  of  which  he  marched 
on  foot.  After  that,  started  off  under  Gen.  Sherman,  and 
marched  round  to  Savannah,  and  up  to  Washington. 

ISAAC  NORTON  TEWKSBURY, 

An  uncle  of  the  above  named,  a  native  of  Waitsfield,  and 
more  than  twenty  years  a  resident  of  the  town,  served  in  the 
army  in  a  Michigan  Regiment,  and  was  killed  in  the  battle  of 
Pittsburg  Landing,  at  the  age  of  fifty-two  years. 

Other  persons,  natives  of  Waitsfield,  have  doubtless  served 
in  the  army,  but  the  compiler  has  fiiiled  to  learn  the  facts  in 
regard  to  them. 


MEMORIAL  RECORD.  27 

Below  are  the  names  of  the  .soldiers,  arranged  in  the  order 
of  enlistment,  together  with  their  age,  and  bounty  of  each. 

Names.  Age.  Gov't  Bounty.    Town  Bounty. 

C.M.Benedict 20 

L.  D.  Savage 23 $200  00 

A.  H.  Selleck 19   

H.P.Stoddard 24 200  00 

H.F.Dana 24 200  00 ■ 

F.S.Dana 20 200  00 

L.  Ainsworth 30 

M.  Basconncr 27 200  00 ■ 

H.  N.  Buslmcll 23 

B.  D.  Campbell 18 *333  00 

H.  F.  Dike' 18 200  00 

E.  H.  Fuller 21 200  00 

Horace  B.  Stoddard 10 200  00 

J.  Harriman 29 200  00 ' 

Manley  N.  Hoyt 30 200  00 

J.  F.  Jones 47 727  50 

G.  S.  Kneeland 24 502  00 

I.  P.  Xewcomb 18 200  00 

E.R.Richardson 24 502  00......  

D.  P.  Shepard 27 502  00 

M.  C.  Shepard 18 502  00 

L.  M.  Spaulding 19 '. .  502  00 

S.  S.  Spaulding 21 327  00 

L.  Stoddard 18 502  00 

S.  Stoddard 22 200  00 

J.E.Tucker 20 502  00 

L.  C.  Peabody 31 -.  .  100  00 

Henry  C.  Shaw 30 

A.  Baird 18 200  00 

0.  C.  Campbell 30 

1.  H.  Elliott 34 25  00......  

H.  R.  French 22 200  00 


*  Part  of  this  is  State  Bounty. 


28  MEMORIAL  RECORD. 


Names.  Age.  Gov't  Bounty.  Tuwu  Bounty. 

W.  H.  H.  Grcenslit 2(') $200  00 

G.  B.  Hall IS 502  00 

r.  Hoffman 23 200  00 

J.  H.  Quigley 2S 200  00 

T.  Sanders 20 200  00 

H.  A.  Luce 2-'] 

D.Foster 21 200  00 


Almon  Walker 45   $25  00 

A.  D.  Barnard 20 25  00 25  00 

F.  0.  Bushncll 22 25  00 25  00 

H.  A.  DeAvey 30 125  00 325  00 

J.  Dumas,  Jr 22 25  00 25  00 

E.  A.  Fisk 20 25  00 25  00 

D.  Gleason 42 25  00 25  00 

D.  Grandy 24 25  00 25  00 

E.  A.  Hastings 23 25  00 25  00 

J.  Hines 24 25  00 25  00 

Z.  H.  McAllister 21 402  00 325  00 

A.  D.  Page 21 25  00 25  00 

E.  F.  Palmer 2() 25  00 25  00 

D.  Parker 21... 25  00 25  00 

L.  B.  Reed 21 25  00 

0.  C.  Reed 23 25  00 

J.  AV.  Richardson 43 25  00 25  00 

L.  Seaver 17 *725  00 25  00 

D.  S.  Stoddard 23 25  00 25  00 

T.  Stoddard 18 450  00 300  00 

C.  G.  Thayer 20 25  00 

J.  M.  Thayer 21 25  00 

H.  M.  Wait '.  .22 25  00 25  00 

E.  Whitcomb 19 25  00 25  00 

0.  C.  Wilder 34 

L.  C  Berry 21 300  00 300  00 

G.M.Jones 19 300  00 300  00 

H.  Jones 37..... 80  00 300  00 


MEMORIAL  RECORD.  29 

Names.  Age.  Gov't  Bounty.  Town  Bounty. 

E.  E.  Joslyn 19 $300  00 $300  00 

J.  L.  Maynard 29 300  00 300  00 

T.  T.  Prentiss 19 200  00 300  00 

J.  N.  Richardson 18 300  00 300  00 

L.  S.  Richardson 20 300  00 300  00 

S.  L.  Kneeland 18 300  00 300  00 

J.W.Parker 17 300  00 300  00 

J.Sterling 19 300  00 300  00 

^y.  H.  Stoddard 18 300  00 300  00 

V.  B.  Mix 18 300  00 300  00 

I.  C.  Williams 20 300  00 300  00 

A.  B.  Durkee 21 300  Oa 300  00 

J.  P.  Davis 40 80  00 300  00 

W.E.Dana 18   300  00 300  00 

G.P.Welch 21 100  00 500  00 

T.Burke 21 100  00 500  00 

J.  II.  Somerville 21 (jG  00 GOO  00 

E.  L.  Allen 19 33  33 800  00 

E.  McCarty 20 33  33 700  00 

E.A.Burns 18 GG  GG GOO  00 


The  following  is  the    amount  of  money  expended   by    the 
town  in  procuring  men  for  the  army  service  : 

Amount  paid  for  bounty  to  nine  months  men, 
"  "  "  one  year  men, 

"  "  "  three  years  men, 

"  "  "  substitutes, 

''  "  [subsistence  for  Volunteers, 

"  "  transportation  " 


"  "  services  of  selectmen  and  agentr 


6575  00 

2,700  00 

6,202  00 

700  00 

18  10 

38  50 

190  53 

810,433  13 

30  MEMORIAL  RECORD. 

The  following  persons  were  drafted  and  paid  commutation  : 
Charles  E,  Bigolow,  Jr.,  James  P.  Carpenter,  Carlos  E.  Jones, 
Lewis  1{.  Joslin,  .Vllcn  G.  Matthews,  Henry  F.  Matthews, 
Alfred  D.  Steele,  Franklin  B.  Thomas. 

The  commutation  money  amounted  to  -^2,400. 

Besides  these  contributions  of  men  and  money,  there  were 
other  gifts.  A  Society  was  formed,  auxiliary  to  that  of  the 
Christian  Commission,  which  was  instrumental  in  collecting 
and  forwarding  several  boxes  of  Hospital  supplies  prepared  by 
the  ladies  of  the  town.  The  value  of  these  is  not  known,  but, 
together  with  the  money  also  sent  at  different  times  through 
the  same  agency,  to  the  sick  and  wounded  soldiers,  amounted, 
doubtless,  to  several  hundred  dollars. 

Xumber  of  soldiers  credited  to  the  town  by  Government,  95 

Number  of  different  individuals  who  served  for  the  town,  87 

Xumber  Avho  died  by  sickness,             -         -         -         -  10 

Number  killed  in  action,             .         _         .         .         _  8 

Several  others  died  after  their  discharge,  from  diseases  con- 
tracted in  the  service.  Several  of  the  deceased  soldiers  lie 
buried  in  unknown  graves. 

"  The  kings  of  old  have  shrine  and  tomb 
In  many  a  minster's  haughty  gloom; 
And  green  along  the  ocean  side, 
The  mounds  arise  where  heroes  died ; 
lUit  shew  me,  on  thy  flowery  breast, 
Earth,  where  thy  nameless  martj^rs  rest ! 

Tlie  thousands  that,  uneheered  by  praise, 

Have  made  an  ollering  of  their  days ; 

For  Truth,  for  Heaven,  for  Freedom's  sake, 

Resigned  the  bitter  cup  to  take, 

And  silently,  in  fearless  faith, 

BoAving  their  noble  souls  to  death.'' 


